The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-28
TALK ABOUT MEN.
Gossip and Information Regarding Persons
About Whom Things Are Incidentally Said.

Joseph Stubblefeld is the representative from
Pike. Uncle Joe.' as everybody calls him, is a
Republican, the first Pike county ever sent to
the Legislature. This is the first Office Mr.
Stubblefeld ever ran for, and he was elected by
24O majority, his election in county overwhe!m
inely Democratic being one of the most notable
surprises of the November election. In 1854 he
and another man organized the Republican party
in Pike county 1t was nice, compact little
party. and in 1856 he and the other member of
the party cast just two votes for John G. Ere
mont for President, which were all the votes the
Republican candidate received. Mr.. Stubble-
field is sixty-two years old. He was long a well
known Methodist preacher of the Peter Cart
right pattern. with as much backbone in him as
Brownlow, the fighting parson Of Tennessee.
Mr.. Stubblefeld know Peter Cartri9ht, and is
fond of talking of the pioneer preacher. He is
now farmer. is as good a judge of horsefesh as
any man in Pike county and always ready for a
trade. He is full of dry wit and quaint ex
pressions, but. as he puts it himself, II have one
thing to recommend me TO the favorable consid
Grafton of the cabinet of heaven when the world
is on fire, and that is that / have spent long
life In the Christian work of fighting Demo
Gratis" 1t is told of Uncle Joe that he
was once making speech, giving it to Demo
Gratis IN fine style, when he made use of the ex-
preston that he believed that Democrat
would 60 as straight to perdition honey bee
to buckwheat patch" Three or four strappng
big fellows rose to their feet and began to shuck
their coats Uncle Joe grasped the situation,
and fastened to add the saving clause, unless
they repent" which appeased the rising wrath
Of the three Democratic champions. Green
Smiths swagger, he daily comes into the
House at the head of the Senator's affords Uncle
10 much entertainment, though he confesses
that he feels better when they depart. The
other day. rs they passed out the door returning
to the Senate after the joint convention Smith
went out last. 1T reminds me" said Uncle TO-
''of the swine that into the There
they go, and the blue boar is the last to 60 over
the cliff"
John N. Loop the representative from How
ard county, comes to the House with a Repub-
lican majority of over 1900. He lives in Kokomo
and is a manufacturer Of standard measures,
peck and bushe! He is thirty two years old and
has taught school eighteen terms He ran for
the Legislature against Judge James O'Brien, a
popular Democrat. The Judge was disposed to
be jocose during the campaign, frequently
marking that when he got through with Loop
there wouldn't be enough of him to fill one of his
peck measures Before the campaign ended the
Judge changed his mind and after the election
was magnanimous enough to acknowledge there
was more of the young man than he had thought.
He is member Of the Methodist church and
active liz its work He is knight of Labor,
but not to be beguiled by any wolves in Demo
cratic sheep clothing
Senator j. H. O. Smith, of Wells, is greatly
pleased with the prefix of "Hon." as it appears
before his name. He is often observed with an
envelope in hand. feasting his eyes on the ad
dress in which the honored name of Smith is
ushered in by the prefix Hon. Word comes
from Button that the lot of Governors mes
sages, received there by numbers of the
Senator's constituents, had written upon them,
in hand they recognized his, the words,
From the Hon. j. II. G. Smith" Letters were
also received by friends there signed Hon. j. 81.
c. Smith, and a box was route from In
6anapolis to the Senator's mansion labeled,
From Hon. j. III. c. Smith" Mr.. Smith is a
Senator, and is entitled to the prefix of honora-
BILE. Everybody who is acquainted with him is
pleased to know this designation is appreciated
by him at its full value This title is worn too
loosely by many members of the General Assem-
bly,, and not held as the priceless thing it is.